Outrage after prostitute sits naked on royal throne

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Royal security is under urgent review in Denmark after the publication of lurid photographs purporting to show a prostitute posing naked astride the thrones of Queen Margrethe II and her consort, Prince Henrik.

Even in Scandinavia, where attitudes towards nudity are relaxed, the stunt has prompted outrage at the insult to the popular Royal Family.

Security staff cautioned yesterday that the seven photographs could have been the result of a computerised hoax — with the model’s image superimposed on the royal thrones — rather than a break-in at Christiansborg Palace in central Copenhagen.